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One of the Caribbean’s Coolest Beach Bars Is On an Uncrowded Beach in Antigua With Endless Breezes, Swinging Chairs, and Perfect Surf 

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The sign on the side of the road got me. It was black, and hand-painted.  “Bar on the Beach.”  That’s not a sign I can easily refuse.  And, unsurprisingly, I was quickly rewarded, here on one of the most intriguingly-named beaches in the Caribbean.   For starters, it’s cool here. No, the mercury reads somewhere […]

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Richard Branson-Owned Energy Company Buys St Croix Solar Farm

By the Caribbean Journal staff BMR Energy, which was purchased by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group in 2016, has purchased a major solar farm in the Caribbean. The St Croix facility, which was owned by NRG Energy, was damaged during Hurricane Maria last year. The company will take over the power purchase agreement and restoration […]

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Virgin Voyages’ First Ship Gets a Name

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By the Caribbean Journal staff The first Virgin Voyages cruise ship has gotten a name. Richard Branson’s highly-anticipated new adults-only cruise line has named its first ship Scarlet Lady, Branson announced this week. “Scarlet is the embodiment of everything this ship represents,” the company said in a statement. “As our figurehead, she takes on a […]

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Virgin Atlantic Names New CEO

By the Caribbean Journal staff Virgin Atlantic has announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer. The air carrier has appointed Shai Weiss as its new CEO; Weiss has been serving as the airline’s chief commercial officer. “On behalf of the whole Virgin family, I want to thank Craig for the fantastic job he has done in leading […]


Virgin Voyages’ First Ship Gets a Name

By the Caribbean Journal staff Necker Island, Sir Richard Branson’s ultra-luxe private island paradise in the heart of the British Virgin Islands, is making its own comeback in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Branson announced this week that the private island, which is available for whole-island rentals, will reopen in October 2018. “We’re delighted to […]

Virgin Voyages to Be Adults-Only Cruise Line

By the Caribbean Journal staff Sir Richard Branson’s new cruise line is going to be a game-changer for the industry: an adults-only cruise line. Virgin Voyages made the announcement during a keel laying ceremony for its first ship in Genoa, Italy this week. The “Adult By Design” concept will make Virgin the first major cruise […]

Necker Cup Comes to Nassau’s Baha Mar

By the Caribbean Journal staff As Richard Branson’s Necker Island and the British Virgin Islands work to recover from Hurricane Irma, the Necker Cup pro-am tennis tournament is being held this week at the Baha Mar resort in the Bahamas. The six-day, five-night Pro-Am Tennis Event pairs ATP/WTA tour players and legends with amateur teams […]

Richard Branson Developing Caribbean “Marshall Plan”

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor In the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Richard Branson is assembling a team to head up a “Marshall Plan” for the Caribbean. The idea came to Branson after he was invited to Washington by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery and the U.N. […]

VIDEO: The Amazing Eustatia Island

By Alexander Britell No island is an island. Even islands have needs, needs from afar: food, energy, connectivity — no island can be truly independent in today’s world. Or can it? There’s an island in the British Virgin Islands that has become the dream of what a Caribbean island can be — a place that is the […]

Richard Branson Relaunches Entrepreneurship Center in Jamaica

Richard Branson recently traveled to Jamaica to celebrate the relaunch and relocation of the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship. After originally launching the center in Montego Bay in 2011, Branson’s Virgin Unite has moved the center to Kingston to be closer to the burgeoning innovation ecosystem in Jamaica’s capital. “The spirit and energy of the Caribbean […]

VIDEO: Richard Branson’s New Underwater Destination in the BVI

It’s perhaps the most exciting addition to the Caribbean underwater scene in years: the BVI Art Reef, the brainchild of a group of conservationists led by BVI resident Sir Richard Branson. It’s called the BVI Art Reef, and an underwater art installation centered around an old World War II warship called the Kodiak Queen and […]

New $8.9 Million Solar Project Launches in Aruba

A major new solar energy project has broken ground in Aruba. The Sunrise Solar Park has gotten a green light for initiation, a project that will become one of the largest solar projects in the Caribbean region. Sir Richard Branson was on hand for the ceremony, joined by Aruba Prime Minister Mike Eman, Tourism Minister […]

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